A new psychological study has found that people who report favorable views of Donald Trump also tend to score higher on measures of callousness, manipulation, and other malevolent traits—and lower on empathy and compassion. The findings, based on two large surveys of U.S. adults, shed light on how personality traits relate to political beliefs, including support for Trump and conservative ideology. The research was recently published in the Journal of Research in Personality.
What are the numbers? If it is 3% for Trumpers and 2.5% for everybody else, is that worth talking about?
If however 50% of Trumpers are psychopaths, what could be done? Feeling morally superior doesn’t seem to be enough.
It’s working out OK over here. No interactions with known magas (or any conservative for that matter) that aren’t obligated by work or family.
I’m about five years into that philosophy and really, yeah, I’m feeling loads better.